Police says opposition leader in Uganda was 'just being taken home'

Ugandan opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi was escorted by police to his home after arriving back in the country on Thursday but he was not under arrest, a police official said.

The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, told Reuters that Kyagulanyi, a prominent critic of President Yoweri Museveni, was "just being taken home".

On Wednesday police banned rallies to welcome Kyagulanyi home from the United States where he received treatment for injuries he said were sustained during torture by security forces.